By Kenny Mitchell
Four local squads entered the postseason brackets last night vying for a Bi-District championship in softball.
When the dust settled, two remain.
The district champion Hooks Lady Hornets destroyed the Daingerfield Lady Tigers in Game One of their best of three series by a score of 15-0.
The scoring onslaught was fueled by an eight run 3rd inning fueled by a run scoring triple from Keeli Harris and a two-run dinger off the bat of Madison Lewis. Zoe Herring, Hope Rankin and Serenity Gooden each also had RBI's in the frame.
Peyton Morgan earned the win on the bump for Hooks with two innings of shutout ball to start the game.
The DeKalb Lady Bears also notched a win in their first game of three with a dramatic come from behind 7-5 victory over New Diana.
The Lady Bears trailed 5-1 going into their half of the 5th inning, but came back to score twice in the bottom of the 5th and four times in the bottom of the 6th to earn the win.
Kaydee Brown and TT Ingram provided the juice with their bats as Brown had three RBI's and a dinger and Ingram also had a homerun and a pair of RBI's.
On the hill, Brown struck out seven and allowed just two earned runs to notch the victory.
The Lady Hornets will play games two and three tonight in Marshall with Game Two starting at 5 p.m.
The Lady Bears will play their second game of their series on Saturday in Marshall with the first pitch scheduled for 12 noon.
In other action Thursday night, the Maud Lady Cardinals saw their season come to a close at the hands of the ladies from Como-Picton and the Redwater Lady Dragons fell in their one and done playoff matchup with the Hughes Springs Lady Mustangs by a score of 4-3.
